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28 Jermyn Street

23. Feb. 1871.

Dear Mr. Darwin,

I thank you very much for your kind present of the long expected
work, which I am devouring as I can steal time from many occupations.
I hope that you are none the worse for the great expenditure of energy
in its production.

I am | Dear Mr. Darwin | Yours truly | W. Boyd Dawkins

Charles Darwin Esq.

P.S. I am delighted to realize that the artisans and mill-hands of
Manchester and Oldham read and understand and believe in your
books. They club together to buy them.